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985 Area Code

Area code 985 serves Houma, Laplace, Slidell, Hammond, Bayou Cane and nearby communities in Louisiana. It has been in service since February 12, 2001, when it was split from 504.

StateLouisiana
Time zoneCentral
Local time now…
Prefixes in use447
Projected to run out2103
HoumaLaplaceSlidellHammondBayou CaneThibodauxPinevilleLulingMandevilleDestrehanCovingtonBayou BlueMorgan CityRacelandBogalusaPonchatoulaEden IsleReserveLacombeGallianoSchrieverLarosePattersonGrayChackbayCut OffHoumaLaplaceSlidellHammondThibodauxPineville
Cities and towns served by area code 985

Who issues 985 numbers

Mobile 23%VoIP and cable 19%Landline 58%

Share of the 447 prefixes (the three digits after 985) assigned to each type of carrier. Classification by carrier name, approximate.

CarrierPrefixes
South Central Bell Tel108
AT&T Mobility67
Verizon Wireless35
Paetec Itel35
Onvoy (Sinch)32
Lumen (Level 3)25
Voicestream Gsm I24
Metropcs18

Cities and towns in area code 985

CityPopulationOther area codes
Houma31,735
Laplace28,480
Slidell28,341
Hammond24,032
Bayou Cane22,143
Thibodaux15,573
Pineville13,967
Luling13,873
Mandeville12,918
Destrehan11,786
Covington11,721
Bayou Blue11,218
Morgan City10,757
Raceland10,517
Bogalusa10,321
Ponchatoula7,755
Eden Isle7,753
Reserve7,471
Lacombe6,883
Galliano6,563
Schriever6,052
Larose5,937
Patterson5,565
Gray5,524
Chackbay5,287
Cut Off5,157

Got a call from 985?

A 985 number was originally issued in Louisiana, but that does not prove the caller is there. 19% of 985 prefixes belong to VoIP and cable providers, whose numbers can be bought online and used from anywhere. Caller ID can also be spoofed, so treat urgent requests for money, codes or passwords from any area code with suspicion, and call back on a number you already know.

All 447 prefixes in area code 985

Format: (985) XXX-YYYY. Carrier is the company the block was originally assigned to; numbers may since have been ported to another carrier.

Questions about area code 985

Where is area code 985?
Area code 985 is in Louisiana. It covers Houma, Laplace, Slidell, Hammond, Bayou Cane, Thibodaux and 20 more cities and towns.
What time zone is area code 985?
Area code 985 is in the Central time zone.
Is 985 a toll-free number?
No. 985 is a geographic area code in Louisiana. Toll-free numbers in the US start with 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877 or 888.
Will area code 985 run out of numbers?
NANPA's latest forecast projects area code 985 to exhaust in the second quarter of 2103. Before that happens, a new area code is usually added as an overlay; existing numbers keep their code.

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